Thread:SillyPotato/@comment-1164563-20190430000439/@comment-30131938-20190430040841

Hmm interesting theory? But.. kid Anthony does have an actual mother and was never mentioned as adopted. That, and how DMCV pretty much canonized Vergil to have spiky white hair even as a kid (and lived in Red Grave City), makes me think the writers didn't think of it that way.

My take, the irony is that this Anthony kid really was just mistaken by the demons to be Dante years ago when they were looking for Sparda's family, and the town paid the price for it. Anthony's friend was right all along that it wasn't Anthony's fault, but now that he mistook Dante for his friend (because he wouldn't believe Dante), he thinks it really was his friend's fault sadly. At the end of the story, the thing to take away is that Dante was the real target, so would it have been better for Dante to clear things up afterall? Instead of everyone telling Dante to let the dude think he's Anthony for the dude's peace of mind? Because at the end of the day, trying to give Anthony's friend some false hope by making Dante play along as Anthony backfired, and now the dude thinks Anthony's to blame.

Then you get the epilogue in the train punctuating it when the demon was telling Dante about how much of a mess humans are, makes me think it was that kinda tragic story about misunderstandings and giving false hope. And how sadly for Dante, it sucks because it's one of those times again where people do get killed by demons who are searching for him. The DMCV recount of how Tony Redgrave disappeared from the bar he hanged out in after Nico's grandma made his weapons and was killed from being associated with Dante, and how that stuff really bothers Dante, makes me think this is one of those stories.